03 June 2025
Webinar: “Synthesis of tricot data to support decision-making in crop variety evaluation”, 5 June
Join us for our ninth webinar where Dr David Brown will be leading a session on how data synthesis methods are reshaping the ways we evaluate crop varieties in diverse contexts.
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15 May 2025
New research published: Citizen science informs demand-driven breeding of opportunity crops
A group of researchers, including from 1000FARMS, have studied farmers’ preferences for amaranth varieties across diverse geographical contexts to guide targeted breeding. The study reveals significant variation in farmer preferences, emphasising the need for context-specific breeding strategies.
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12 May 2025
Webinar: “Review of tricot principles and data analysis workflows”, 15 May
Join us for our eighth webinar where Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT Scientist Kauê de Sousa and the 1000FARMS team will lead a deep-dive session on the tricot approach.
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14 April 2025
Webinar: “Unlocking Farmer-Preferred Multipurpose Forage Mixtures: A Tricot Approach in Ethiopia”, 29 April
Join us for our seventh webinar where researcher Kalkidan Ayele Mulatu will join us to discuss “Unlocking Farmer-Preferred Multipurpose Forage Mixtures: A Tricot Approach in Ethiopia”.
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31 March 2025
Webinar: “Phenomenological Exploration of Participation in Citizen Science and Food Systems Leadership”, 3 April
Join us for our sixth webinar where Bolanle Adebayo, Graduate Research Fellow and PhD candidate at Virginia Tech, will join us to discuss “Phenomenological Exploration of Participation in Citizen Science and Food Systems Leadership”.
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18 March 2025
Webinar: “On-farm tricot estimation of newly bred cassava clones in different agro-ecologies in DR Congo”, 20 March
Join us for our fifth webinar where plant breeder and researcher Dr Mouritala Sikirou will give a talk about “On-farm tricot estimation of newly bred cassava clones in different agro-ecologies in DR Congo”.
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03 March 2025
Webinar: “ClimMob Updates: Enhancing usability, organisation and collaboration”, 4 March
Join us for our fourth webinar where forestry engineer and specialist in geospatial analysis Marilyn Manrow will give a talk on “ClimMob Updates: Enhancing usability, organisation and collaboration”.
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12 February 2025
Webinar: “Participatory crop evaluation: Tricot trials on cassava and sweet potato in Nigeria”, 20 February
Join us for the third webinar in our series where Dr Tessy Madu will give a presentation on “Participatory crop evaluation: Tricot trials on cassava and sweet potato in Nigeria”.
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11 February 2025
Amplifying tricot farmers voices and stories: Reflections from participatory video techniques in Nigeria
Originally posted on IITA. Participatory research is not new, but is becoming more inclusive and collaborative, with the introduction of participatory video techniques, a method that has shown to elevate the voices of farmers, enabling two-way communication between researchers, farmers, and other rural community members. The IITA Roots, Tubers, and Banana gender team was trained in this method in […]
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31 January 2025
Webinar: “Engaging rural youth in data-driven plant breeding”, 4 February
Join the second webinar in our series where Violet Lasdun will be giving a presentation on “Engaging rural youth in data-driven plant breeding”.
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